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Japanese Name:

suzuna, kabu

English Name:

White Turnip

Latin Name:

Brassica campestrus sp. Rapa

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Last Updated:

5/12/2000

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One of the 7 herbs of spring, haru-no-nanakusa. These are considered a sign of spring to come and all appeared in the Manyoshu, an poetry anthology dating from 759. The leaves of the seven herbs were gathered 7 days after the lunar New Year and added to rice.